2025 Graduate Planner

We are hiring ambitious Graduate Planners to join our Planning and Development division in Cambridge, London, Manchester & Oxford. This is a varied and interesting graduate role providing support to the Planning and Development team with planning applications and projects. In addition, the planning team will support graduates towards achieving MRTPI or MRICS qualification, depending on their preferred pathway through the APC Structured Training Scheme.

Main Tasks:

• Liaising and communicating with clients and managing and developing client relationships
• Fielding enquiries from prospective clients, reviewing and assessing their proposals and preparing fee proposals for them.
• Providing professional planning advice to clients on a variety of planning matters
• Undertaking the necessary research to prepare site appraisals.
• Briefing, liaising with and managing external consultants responsible for producing work to support clients’ planning applications and appeals.
• Assisting with the preparation and submission of a variety of different types of planning applications
• Negotiating with local authorities and consultees on behalf of clients in the preparation and management of planning applications, appeals and representations.
• Preparing and assisting with planning appeals via the written representations, informal hearings and public inquiry procedures
• Making representations on behalf of clients to Local Plan consultations and representing clients through the public examination process
• Managing own fee income by monitoring progress towards targets ensuring timely invoicing of work

What will it take to be successful?

You will ideally have an RTPI or RICS recognised degree or willing to study towards an accredited degree, you will also ideally have experience within a Planning & Development team ideally gained through work experience or placements. It is essential that you have a full UK driving license.

Our promise to you:

From day one of our scheme, you will be invested in. We offer a structured training programme, an APC supervisor or counsellor, and regular assessments to ensure you achieve the full level of competency required for your APC. In addition, we pay your APC registration fee and your first APC final assessment and offer up to five days study leave.

Why choose us?

We offer a highly competitive rewards package including group pension, flexible benefits, referral schemes and generous annual leave.

As an equal opportunity employer, with the Investors in People Gold accreditation, we are dedicated to driving diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Learning and development is important to us; we encourage everyone to continue developing to optimise their performance and fulfil their potential. We have an agile flexible working policy; many of our team work flexibly, we would be happy to talk to you about how this could work for you. We enjoy what we do, and we do it well, which is why 80% of our business comes from repeat clients.

About Us:

Since 1855, Carter Jonas has grown to be one of the largest and most respected property consultancies in the UK with a network of 34 offices across England and Wales, employing more than 1,000 partners and employees.

Our tailored service and Simply Better Advice have enabled us to forge lasting, intelligent and trusting partnerships with our clients. These long-standing relationships are our most important and most closely protected asset. From private landowners to local authorities, pension funds to farmers – our universe of client experience is among the most varied in UK property.

We employ the very best people. We are a place where people want to work, and our culture is both collaborative and business minded. We have experts in every field who deliver long term advice that enhances our clients’ future prosperity.

Ahead of the curve, we are pioneering in the use of technology within the property industry, making Carter Jonas a hugely exciting place to work.

Our Values:

• Approachable – We treat every relationship with respect, integrity, and warmth
• Effective – We do what we say we will, we do it well and we are accountable
• Ambitious – We are ambitious for our clients and for our firm

We look to recruit individuals who represent our core values, but who can also demonstrate the six Carter Jonas competencies that are the foundation of our career pathways. These competencies will aide their personal development in the business, and comprise of:

• Communication - Ensures effective, clear, and relevant communications in support of business objectives
• People - Demonstrates leadership in conduct and effectively manages and develops people to optimise performance through others
• Business Development & Client Care - Ensures effective communication to facilitate excellent client care and collaboration and pursuing opportunities for increased business and profit mindful of the Firm’s heritage and values
• Use of Technology - Modern, Agile, Digital Employee
• Teamwork - Recognises the importance of working with others, to collaborate and co-operate to achieve business
• Personal Effectiveness & Productivity - Engage, promote, and adhere to compliance requirements including all internal processes and procedures which manage risk and enhance productivity.